Travelling and enjoying opera performances
This is one of the most eagerly awaited and most discussed productions in recent history of The Met, mostly due to clear statements from both divas: Renee Fleming and Elina Garanca discontinuing their respective roles of Marschallin and Octavian. On top of that, this farewell tour has got additional flame through speculations that Renee Fleming […]
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Flying overseas for the whole day, rushing through the congested New York city and arriving just an hour before the curtain might get things stressful. Nevertheless, despite tiredness and jet lag I managed to enjoy the last performance of renewed “Las Vegas” Rigoletto with a great cast, starring fabulous Željko Lučić, mesmerizing Joseph Calleja, impressive […]
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The final opera of Puccini, completed by Toscanini, with its roots in Chinese folk tales and recognisable melodious hit “Nessun dorma!” is one of the all time favourites for most of opera houses. Usually the story also gets beautiful sets and keeps traditional Chinese flavour both in music and appearances. The Metropolitan Opera production is […]
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Sondra Radvanovsky has decided to undertake the challenge of olympic heights by creating complete story of Tudor queens in one season at The Met. The comparison of athletic challenge is so appropriate when you think about all the components and time and effort investment required to get prepared for such project: vocal technique and stamina, and psychological […]
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The cast: Otello: Aleksandrs Antoņenko Desdemona: Sonya Yoncheva Iago: Željko Lučić Cassio: Dimitri Pittas Lodovico: Günther Groissböck Roderigo: Chad Shelton Montano: Jeff Mattsey Conductor: Yannick Nézet-Seguin Production: Bartlett Sher Set designer: Es Devlin Costume designer: Catherine Zuber Lighting designer: Donald Holder Projection designer: Luke Halls The 328th Metropolitan Opera performance That was an evening filled […]
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